Yearning To Explore: Cirno's Venture Into The Unknown

Observing the results of her previous attack against the Shinigami, Cirno could only crack a small smile before hearing what he had to say towards about that onslaught. Mentioning things such as her incredible level of strength had been something to be admitted, this first comment eased the facial tensions across the icy fairies face as she smiled a bit; but it wasn't the smug or conceited type of smile that was showcased earlier. No. This was a more genuine smile which represented the fact that The Angel of the Ice was happy to have finally have her power reach the male and prove that even for a kid, she was something to be taken seriously. Therefore, she considered this as a form of apology as she was rather elated to hear that through the mashing of their powers, a brand new world had been opened into the eyes of the Shinigami. When the Shinigami had said this, Cirno gave him a thumbs up and felt a bit of exchange was needed before any type of offense was made in order to set the record straight for how she felt now.

"Hehehe, I appreciate what you said, Jin Hoshigawa. I'm very glad my strength was able to finally reach you. As in the world I live in, age doesn't matter much. The only thing that should be of any fighters concern is how much determination they put into their attacks, if they really given it their all to the opponent and most of all..." A grin emerging across her face at this point, she'd seem a bit more vibrant and energetic at this point. "...IF YOU EVEN HAD FUN WITH THE FIGHT!" Making sure those words were echoed across the battlefield like a raging thunderdome, it seemed the true reason why The Angel of The Ice was fighting was made all too clear. Although the Iramashsa was quite angered that she was underestimated for just being a kid, the only actual reason for why she fought so hard on this day was because she wanted to explore this intriguing world, have a good time with a new friend and make sure, that at the end of the day, they'd both have something worth reminiscing over.

"I never understood why some of my other brethren so desperately clung to power. To me, between the two of us, when you are locked against someone who is a worthwhile opponent, you'll understand that the reason you wanted to get so strong in the first place. It's not because of age, it's not because of race, it's not because of birthrights; it's because you wanted to sharpen your skills to the best of your ability against someone else in a competition durability, resolve and the strive to always get better! I don't care if I lose this battle, and I really don't care if you lose this battle either: but I'm sure the both of us will have had a great time from it." Rubbing her nose a bit, she'd continued onward with her speech as she had been having the time of her life in this barren and frozen-over forest with The Reaper himself.

"We'll both take what we learned here today, mister, and use it as maps to put us on the routes of power to make us both stronger for another day. Everything you've told me about the world of the Shinigami, the powers you've shown and your own capacity have impressed me....well..everything except for that mouth of yours." Snickering a bit at that last comment, she'd soon get into a defensive stance as The Ice Fairy prepared for combat once more; knowing that this lull won't last forever. "But I believe I can overlook that fact because of everything that has taken place here. You to have shown me a new world. A world I'm just finding myself in and a world I want to force myself further into as I explore all it's secrets, all the unknown areas and push the limits of my strength to it's utmost potential during these trials. There is no point in having power if you don't constantly keep going forward; it's all wasted!" With the cracking of the little girl's fist, another burst of blue and white energy exploded from her body; as she seemed to be gathering a large deal of Chaos Energy and Reiryoku at once to make up for some of the attacks she produced earlier against The Shinigami while she wiped the sweat from her head.

"So with that said, I'm not going to waste anymore time here in our fight. If you've forced me to push myself this far, I surely won't disrespect you by not giving you my full determination! Give it your all and come at me with the same strength, Jin The Shinigami! I believe in you!" When those words had been exchanged, the uttering of a Kidō move had escaped from the lips of the male. Smirking a bit out of excitement, The Ice Fairy knew that something absurd was about to take place. For each time the male uttered those sorts of phrases from his mouth, some sort of mystical ability occurred across on the field or to the Shinigami himself. Having this knowledge in mind, the defenses of Cirno would be hard at work formulating a circle of ice below her feet. Within a matter of moments, it soon turned into a triple threat. A ring around her head, waist and feet; these would produce the needed counter if something should catch her off guard; for the Iramasha simply couldn't detect him.

In that moment in which Rikujōkōrō was released, although something like this had be suspected by the ice girl, it still seemed to catch her by surprise as she had slightly widened eyes because of it and acted purely out of instinct due to the fact there was no possible way of sensing him until the last moment; most likely being his plan to catch her off guard no doubt. Increasing how much power radiated from these frozen rings, Cirno placed her hands outward, gritted her teeth and did her best to freeze over the six spiritual bands; resulting in a massive clash between the two's power as sparks of yellow and blue shaded electricity scattered all throughout the battlefield. Based on the fact she had such short notice, The Angel of the Ice had to truly work for this one. "Glad to see you are finally stepping things up in the end, huh?! I LIKE IT!"

So not wanting to move from this spot until the confirmed destruction of the kdio technique had taken place, there was nothing else to do but continue to go on the defensive. Having a keen enough sense to know that nothing in this battle came in one wave, anticipation for a second attack soon arose when realizing she was pinned at the moment. "Sheesh, you are getting better!" Placing her arms in X pattern in front of The Angel Iramasha's face, the holy girl would go on to use a good deal of the energy in which she summoned earlier that wasn't used on those frozen rings in order to encoat her entire body within an seemingly invisible layer of ice. Although, Jin would however be able to see a strange aqua glow emitting from her body; as if her skin were progressively turning sapphire in hue. Signaling that something must've taken place on a internal level in order for her to defend against his attacks.

Henceforth, when the Shinigami tried to slash Cirno in half, a strong cracking sound could be heard as the areas which he struck were shattered; leaving the girl to take a small bit of damage from the impact as she bled a bit from her ice shattering, but seemed to still be able to keep up with the fight if needed. "See? I told you the more determination and willpower that was put behind your attacks, the stronger they become. Good job in making my bled, Mister Jin!" Swiftly going to work to patch up the mess which was left behind in the wake of his attack, the holes which once oozed out this crimson liquid soon closed; as Cirno used her Chaos Energy to at least repair the openings in her defense. There was still pain inflicted, but nothing she couldn't handle. When this was all said and done, nevertheless, a surprised reaction was noted across the fairies face. Noticing a steep decline in the amount of power which was radiating from the Shinigami, she wondered just what had occurred; despite being under heavy fire herself from the Kidō attack which was unleashed meshing against her icy rings.

"What is going on here now, Mister Jin? Are you okay? What happened to all of that energy I was sensing?" The Little Girl was genuinely confused as to why he suddenly went back this "Bankai" to the original form he took at the start of this fight. Did she perhaps go a little bit too far? Could this perhaps be a clever trap set in place by the male? These were all questions which were ringing inside of the Iramashsa's head as she witnessed his eventual downfall.

Was this fight...over? All time would tell as she waited to see the results of all this occur.